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When Your Disney Playlist Saves Your Tech Career

Learning is hard. Disney songs help me get my head right and be successful.

I’m going to talk about the first 60 days of my software development journey, from day 1, starting with no prior technical skills or CS degree, picking a programming language, striving for self-driven curiosity, coming up with a workflow, breaking down problems, dealing with frustration, challenging my assumptions, getting used to feeling in over my head, needing an attitude adjustment (repeatedly), taking baby steps instead of acting like a baby, realizing there is no one right way to do a thing, oops I still feel uncomfortable, and I don’t like it. Enter: Disney music!

Can a Disney playlist change my attitude and help me persevere towards my goals? Is there inspiration in “kids music” that applies to more than just software? Let's find out.

Wendy Randolph

Software Developer | Community Builder

Tampa, Florida, United States

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